SaaS backup platform SaaSBACKUPSM lands from Asigra
Friday, March 17, 2023 by Brittany Hainzinger
Asigra Inc has announced SaaSBACKUPSM, a powerful new SaaS-based backup platform designed to provide comprehensive backup and recovery capabilities to SaaS applications that include Salesforce, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and far beyond. Through innovative API connectivity, SaaSBACKUP is able to support a large macrocosm of SaaS applications with enterprise-class d...
Headless web architecture will change the internet
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 by Richard Harris
With the rapid shift to a digital-first world brought on by the pandemic, the pressure put on companies to provide strong digital experiences has only accelerated - from the need for fast-loading, responsive websites and highly accurate personalization to providing consumers with a consistent and seamless experience across channels. Delivering on these demands can be ch...
Content management systems evolution
Wednesday, November 25, 2020 by Richard Harris
Recently, Perfect Sense, a product company with professional services founded 12 years ago, officially rebranded its company as Brightspot, the name of the flagship Content Business Platform.
Brightspot is emerging at a time when greater demand is requiring every business to become a content business. The Brightspot Content Business Platform was designed to replace t...
Zappar computer vision libraries now available as SDKs
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
Zappar announced that their computer vision libraries are now available as SDKs for a wide variety of platforms and languages. The innovation enables developers to create compelling AR for both app and web environments using Unity, JavaScript, Three.js, A-Frame, and C/C++, further democratising access to the technology.
"The release of Universal AR is...
Contentstack lands $31.5M in Series A funding
Wednesday, October 9, 2019 by Freeman Lightner
Contentstack, the enterprise Digital Experience Platform, has announced $31.5 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners with participation from existing backers Illuminate Ventures and GingerBread Capital. Teddie Wardi, Managing Director at Insight, will join Contentstack's Board of Managers. The capital will be used to scale ...
INTUITION.DEV wants to help developers survive the coming tech crash
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 by Richard Harris
Hacker News announced the release of a first working version of INTUITION.DEV. INTUITION.DEV is a completely free and open source low-code tool specifically designed for professional developers, not citizen developers.
Bubble (a commercial low-code tool for citizen-developers) estimated savings of ten to 50 times on traditional development costs through low-code, and...
Content management systems are getting old
Friday, February 15, 2019 by Richard Harris
As the role and value of content increase, many companies are finding that their existing content management systems just aren’t cutting it. That’s not surprising as legacy CMSes were built for page-based desktop publishing and are simply too rigid to be adapted for today’s dynamic digital demands. Indeed, maximizing the value of content depends on mov...
WordPress MarfeelPress plugin gives power to the publisher
Thursday, November 29, 2018 by Christian Hargrave
Marfeel announced that it has launched MarfeelPress, their first all-in-one plugin that enables publishers of all sizes using the WordPress content management system (CMS) to enhance the mobile version of their content while boosting engagement and ad revenue. In the first stage of its official launch, Marfeel will be releasing the plugin to select publishers by invitat...
The top programming languages used in enterprise development are...
Friday, August 24, 2018 by Christian Hargrave
New research by the Cloud Foundry Foundation reveals enterprises are choosing to deploy a multilingual strategy thanks to a decrease in emphasis on which language developers must use. Java and JavaScript are by far the most preferred languages among developers.
“As companies transition from legacy software to more agile, flexible technologies, it is easier for ...
Cloud storage is beating local HDD storage says new industry report
Friday, August 24, 2018 by Richard Harris
The Enterprise Storage Forum 2018 Data Storage Trends survey has been released to provide essential data points for storage professionals. The Survey results offer insight on budgets, buying decisions and hiring trends, along with a portrait of how competing emerging technologies are supporting an ever increasing storage workload.
The Survey reveals that not only has...
Using GraphQL for building internal apps quickly
Wednesday, August 8, 2018 by Tanmai Gopal
The transition from IT’s role in organizations, from a mere horizontal function to one of a strategic advantage, is playing out the world over. However, most change management techniques behind these efforts tend to disproportionately focus on end-user facing software - often at the cost of intra-organization or internal applications (apps).
Internal apps prope...
Open source IT automation solution from Red Hat gets an update
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 by Christian Hargrave
Red Hat, Inc. announced the general availability of Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.6, the latest release of its agentless open source IT automation solution. Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.6 adds new content for automating across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, along with simplified connections to network APIs and updates for Ansible deployments overseeing Windows environments...
IBM first to certify Java EE 8 compatibility
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 by Richard Harris
With an estimated 15.6 million developers worldwide creating billions of apps for consumers and business, Java remains one of the most critical and vital programming languages in the world. Over its two decade plus lifetime, Java has grown to encompass all industry segments and given rise to a rich ecosystem of tools and frameworks.
Plus, Java remains a top programmi...
Cloud Private platform is coming soon to IBM CMS
Tuesday, June 26, 2018 by Richard Harris
IBM Cloud Private is set to run on IBM's fully managed, cloud environment. The company wants to help CMS customers extend their capabilities and maximize existing investments by synching with IBM Cloud Private - a new solution based on Kubernetes containers designed to rapidly build, modernize and deploy applications in client-managed environments.
By bringi...
Magento Progressive Web Applications (PWA) Studio marches in
Wednesday, April 25, 2018 by Richard Harris
Magento Commerce has announced Magento Progressive Web Applications (PWA) Studio, a suite of tools for building online stores with app-like experiences. PWA Studio will allow Magento Commerce solution partners and UX developers to deliver fast and simple front-end experiences on mobile devices.Mobile commerce continues to grow and will contribute to half of overall reta...
Mobile website or mobile app, the changing tides
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 by Richard Harris
Programming with native mobile languages has been the keystone way of producing a rock-solid mobile app since the beginning of the mobile app stores, and there’s good reason. After-all, programming as close to the hardware layer as possible is usually your safest bet, and using the language the manufacture fully supports will get that job done with less headaches.But in...
New serverless CMS solution wants to take on Wordpress
Thursday, February 22, 2018 by Richard Harris
Scrivito has announced general availability of their serverless CMS solution, built with ReactJS. Built for digital agencies and medium- to large-sized businesses, the Scrivito looks to help web editors and developers to build, edit and manage all of their different projects.The Web CMS status quo is comprised of aging, unsecure, difficult-to-use and maintenance-heavy o...
Lets talk about QA automation
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 by Richard Harris
Automation is making its rounds through the tech industries it seems in recent times. And each time it reaches a new destination we see all new innovation and a breaking down of traditional models. We sat down with Metova's quality assurance experts to learn more from the experts about how automation is making changes in the field and what we can we expect in the future...
Bringing Node.js and Drupal together
Monday, October 2, 2017 by Richard Harris
Acquia has unveiled a new application service for Acquia Cloud that makes it easy for digital IT teams to build and run JavaScript alongside Drupal. Acquia Cloud now supports the use of Node.js in addition to Drupal. “Decoupled applications using JavaScript front ends are on the rise. They’re making it possible to create experiences with responsive, elegant, applic...
CoachGuitar teaches you guitar and lets us look under the hood
Wednesday, September 6, 2017 by Richard Harris
CoachGuitar is a five-year old, France-based company that offers a unique method of teaching guitar enthusiasts of all skill levels how to play their favorite songs. Using the visual guitar teaching app, millions of students from around the globe download video tutorials and learn to play along. With a typical traffic of 2,000-3,000 downloads per day - and even reaching...
Blockchain, IoT, chatbots, and connected finance: Built.io predicts 2017
Saturday, December 31, 2016 by Richard Harris
Blockchain will play an integral role in improving IoT securityIn 2016 we saw multiple hacks and data breaches, including the massive DNS attack that caused widespread internet outages. This latest attack was a wakeup call to start thinking about security in terms of the Internet of Things (IoT). Because of that, in the next year we’ll start to see more securi...
Sean Carron tells us about Team Smiles and HappinessasaService
Monday, December 12, 2016 by Richard Harris
Happiness-as-a-Service is an application that allows kids awaiting a transplant, or those who received a transplant, to request a wish, and then connects them with benefactors who can fund their wishes. It enables users to nominate a critically ill child, see a child’s wish in their local community, and donate - among other features. The users can create &ld...
Built.io unveils substantial changes to Contentstack
Monday, November 28, 2016 by Richard Harris
Built.io Contentstack's new features include a complete refactoring and optimization of the underlying database, resulting in major performance improvements to the core content management engine. In addition, the headless CMS now offers turnkey integration with a Content Delivery Network (CDN). The CDN is directly integrated with Built.io Contentstack's Content API...
Smaato Adds New Management API to its Mobile Monetization Platform
Friday, June 3, 2016 by Richard Harris
Smaato has released updates to its SPX publisher platform adding a new management API to better facilitate mobile publishers and app developers ability to access and use Smaato to monetize their apps and mobile websites.With programmatic access to all SPX functions, the SPX Management API, along with the existing SPX Reporting API, provides the ability to connect Smaato...
GoDaddy is Now Offering Cloud Hosting Services
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
GoDaddy is now offering new open source cloud hosting services including its Cloud Servers solution and Bitnami-powered cloud applications. The new offerings are designed to help individual software developers, tech entrepreneurs and IT professionals quickly build, test and scale cloud solutions.GoDaddy Cloud Servers solution offers 54-second or less provisioning so tha...
Built.io Releases Native Mobile SDKs for Contentstack
Monday, March 14, 2016 by Richard Harris
Built.io has released new native mobile SDKs for Contentstack, the companies cloud-based API-driven headless content management system (CMS). The release also introduces a redesigned user interface with new features for content editors and new tools for developers. Highlights of the new release include:- Mobile SDKs for iOS and Android enable cross-platform m...
Microsoft's Azure Mobile Engagement SaaS Platform Receives New Functionality
Wednesday, December 30, 2015 by Richard Harris
Microsoft has released the latest version of its Azure Mobile Engagement service which offers a SaaS-delivered, data-driven user engagement platform that enables real-time fine-grain user segmentation, app user analytics, and contextually-aware smart push notifications and in-app messaging across connected devices. Azure Mobile Engagement has SDKs available for Apple iO...
Working in the Cloud is a Team Sport
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 by Eric Naiburg
When you or your organization make the decision to put your application in the cloud, whether you know it or not, you just added new team members.In the spirit of Major League Baseball playoff season, I think an analogy about America’s favorite pastime might work well to illustrate. When a pitcher throws a perfect game, even if they strike out every batter, they didn’t ...
WoodWing Inception HTML5 Authoring Tool Released Out of Beta
Friday, September 25, 2015 by Richard Harris
WoodWing is releasing its new Inception HTML5 authoring tool out of beta. The cross platform, cloud based authoring tool provides the ability to create and release responsive - device-independent HTML5 content for any channel, including the Adobe Digital Publishing Solution 2015, Facebook Instant Articles and Apple News, as well as WebCMS and print.WoodWing Inception pr...
Turbocharging Drupal and WordPress for Big Data Performance and Scale
Friday, August 28, 2015 by Chad Jones
In today’s application-centric business world, nothing matters more than an application’s performance and ability to handle massive data growth. The problem is that Content Management Systems (CMS), which are integral to many applications, are increasingly burdened by performance and scale issues. It’s not their fault, though. In the case of WordPress and Drupal - which...
Built.io Updates Platform to Include JavaScript SDK for Web Developers
Monday, July 20, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Built.io has updated its Contentstack content management system (CMS) which includes the release of a JavaScript SDK, allowing access to Contentstack's APIs and the creation of embedded applications; enhanced data import and export; and support for webhooks, enabling real-time integration with third party systems and applications.With the update developers can download ...
Google Play Game Services Gets New Publishing API, Updated Unity Plugin, and Leaderboard Tamper Protection
Saturday, December 27, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
The Google Play games services (GPGS) has announced several new developer tools including a new Game Services Publishing API, a revamped Unity Plugin, additional enhancements to the C++ SDK, and improved Leaderboard Tamper Protection.New Game Publishing APIAt Google I/O this past June, Google Play Developer Publishing APIs were launched to automate the configuration and...
Bluetrain.io Launches Cloud Content Management System to help Web Developers Launch Responsive Websites
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Bluetrain.io has announced the availability of its new cloud Content Management System (CMS) platform, following a beta early release program with more than 100 developers, marketers and agency partners participating.Bluetrain.io’s new CMS provides a native, multi-site platform that enables web developers, designers and marketers to build and manage multiple responsive ...
Rover Mobile App iBeacon SDK Offers Developers Integration with a Few Lines of Code
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 by Richard Harris
Rover Labs is offering a new iBeacon SDK platform that allows developers to integrate a complete context aware retail experience into an existing mobile app. While a customer is within a store, the Rover Platform enables the app to understand the customer's precise location, what they are looking at and how long they've been there. The platform is comprised of a mobile ...
Microsoft Announces Final Release of Python Tools 2.1 for Visual Studio
Monday, October 20, 2014 by Richard Harris
Microsoft has made available the final release of Python Tools 2.1 for Visual Studio (PTVS) which is now available for download. PTVS is available for Visual Studio 2010, Visual Studio 2012, and Visual Studio 2013. PTVS 2.1 supports the free Visual Studio Express for Web and Express for Windows Desktop editions as well as Visual Studio Professional and higher.PTVS offer...
